Montavilla Brew Works celebrating 10 years as the old school neighborhood brewery — New School Beer + Cider

“The thought was, why just celebrate one day of the year when we can celebrate all year? So far this year, we’ve collaborated with 10 Barrel, TPK, East Glisan Pizza, HeartSticker Company, Pink Boots Society/SheBrew, and even our four-legged neighborhood “mayor” Millie. We plan on a few more collabs this year, including one with Puff Coffee, Nico’s Ice Cream and some others.” 

Perhaps unbeknownst to many, Portland’s beer scene is filled with former Michiganders, including Kora. For Montavilla’s celebration, he brought a handful of them together to do something he has been thinking about and planning for almost 10 years.

“I learned there are a lot of Michigan-born brewers in Portland, so I’m finally bringing them all together for a Michigan brewer collab using Michigan ingredients,” says Kora.  

The resulting beer is an IPA that found Kora working with Assembly Brewing’s George Johnson, Assembly, Ben Edmunds of Breakside, Dave Vohden of Oregon City Brewing, Shaun Kalis of Ruse, and Upright’s Alex Ganum, all of whom are originally from Michigan.